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Meaning of doctrinarian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

/ˌdɒk.tɹɪˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/

Definitions

A doctrinaire.

Examples

“Protestantism is embodied in a system; so is Popery: but when a man takes up this Via Media, he is a mere doctrinarian—he is wasting his efforts in delineating an invisible phantom; and he will be judged, and fairly, to be trifling, and bookish”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

doctrinarianism doctrinarity doctrination doctrine doctrine of equivalents doctrine of foreign equivalents